3D Dose Reconstruction to Insure Correct External Beam Treatment of Patients

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Renner, Wendel Dean ^a  

^a Math Resolutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose computation; Electronic portal imaging device; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 34547781371     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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